Re: SLFS book chapter proposals

On Saturday 20 December 2003 08:30 am, Christos Gioran wrote:
> After some hours of sleep, I noted I missed a few points:
>
> 	There should be a chapter on setting up the system with regard to
> partitioning. The current LFS method does not contain pointers to create a
> system with certain directories lying on different filesystems, as is
> standard practice for secure installations. /tmp is a sure candidate, so
> are /var, /home and possibly /usr/local. I myself use different partitions
> for /opt, /usr, and /boot. Recommended and minimum sizes could be noted
> also, as well as certain permitions on these filesystems (e.g. /var is
> usually append-only, and /tmp has the sticky bit on)
> 	Another thing could be hints for the Linux Kernel configuration. Although
> we can't be aware what hardware the reader has, we could give some hints,
> such as "enable PF" or "keep keep features to a minimal" or even "for the
> hardcore out there, disable modules".
>
> More will come in mind
>
> himicos

I have tried to setup multiple partitons a few times but they turned out to be 
false starts because I got confused on partition sizes, permissions, etc. 
Some information on seting up a partition layout would be helpful.

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